Disability is no barrier for Chris Dyke, a dancer living with down syndrome. As a director and a star in the contemporary dance world, he is making history.
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00:00As far as we can tell, and we've done a bit of research, this is the first time that a
00:15choreographer living with Down syndrome is creating a main stage work on a contemporary
00:24dance company.
00:26First time ever, anywhere.
00:29Which is kind of crazy to think that this is the first time that this is happening.
00:36You'll start kind of going down one path with an idea with him and then he'll have a moment
00:59of genius and cut through and we're going that way and so we're literally just being
01:04led through this labyrinth of brilliance.
01:07It's like a bit of a roller coaster in the best way.
01:12Chris just has such a direct, amazing ability to create and be with the room and super creative
01:22and wacky.
01:23Some things will range from being very dense dance to theatrical sort of funny things or
01:30very beautiful, poignant, tender moments.
01:42I always refer to Chris as a teacher.
01:45He has reminded me of what passion is, like authentic passion that's not egocentrically
01:54driven.
01:55It's like, just needs to do it.
01:59He just brings everyone up so beautifully and yeah, you just, you feel great.
02:06And yeah, he also just like really celebrates everyone in the room, which is like so rad.
02:13Chris is such a beacon of love and positivity and such a reminder for me that can get caught
02:24and tangled in the stories or the worry or the judgment in my mind.
02:30If I just allow that to settle and come back into my heart, then the world makes a whole
02:36lot more sense.
02:37The ideas are so incredible.
02:50You always offer something wildly unexpected.
02:56And the creativity, it just doesn't stop.
03:00Even in the lunch break, you're still making, there's no pausing the creative energy of
03:04Chris Dye.